diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 878a26e884..be8f6e820c 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 This repository contains the code for OpenHands, an automated AI software engineer. It has a Python backend
 (in the `openhands` directory) and React frontend (in the `frontend` directory).
 
+
+## Repository Memory
+- Legacy `/api/settings` responses can bridge to the SDK by returning `sdk_settings_schema` from `openhands.sdk.settings` when that package is available. Use this as the compatibility handoff while V1 settings work moves into the SDK and newer clients.
+
 ## General Setup:
 To set up the entire repo, including frontend and backend, run `make build`.
 You don't need to do this unless the user asks you to, or if you're trying to run the entire application.
diff --git a/frontend/src/types/settings.ts b/frontend/src/types/settings.ts
index 891b830af3..5ff35ac04e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types/settings.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types/settings.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,39 @@ export type MCPConfig = {
   shttp_servers: (string | MCPSHTTPServer)[];
 };
 
+export type SettingsChoice = {
+  label: string;
+  value: string;
+};
+
+export type SettingsFieldSchema = {
+  key: string;
+  label: string;
+  description?: string | null;
+  widget: string;
+  section: string;
+  section_label: string;
+  order: number;
+  choices: SettingsChoice[];
+  depends_on: string[];
+  advanced: boolean;
+  secret: boolean;
+  required: boolean;
+  slash_command?: string | null;
+};
+
+export type SettingsSectionSchema = {
+  key: string;
+  label: string;
+  order: number;
+  fields: SettingsFieldSchema[];
+};
+
+export type SettingsSchema = {
+  model_name: string;
+  sections: SettingsSectionSchema[];
+};
+
 export type Settings = {
   llm_model: string;
   llm_base_url: string;
@@ -67,4 +100,5 @@ export type Settings = {
   git_user_name?: string;
   git_user_email?: string;
   v1_enabled?: boolean;
+  sdk_settings_schema?: SettingsSchema | null;
 };
diff --git a/openhands/server/routes/settings.py b/openhands/server/routes/settings.py
index 62944d11ce..f6489b75c6 100644
--- a/openhands/server/routes/settings.py
+++ b/openhands/server/routes/settings.py
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 # Unless you are working on deprecation, please avoid extending this legacy file and consult the V1 codepaths above.
 # Tag: Legacy-V0
 # This module belongs to the old V0 web server. The V1 application server lives under openhands/app_server/.
+import importlib
 import os
+from typing import Any
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, status
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
@@ -37,6 +39,16 @@ LITE_LLM_API_URL = os.environ.get(
     'LITE_LLM_API_URL', 'https://llm-proxy.app.all-hands.dev'
 )
 
+
+def _get_sdk_settings_schema() -> dict[str, Any] | None:
+    try:
+        settings_module = importlib.import_module('openhands.sdk.settings')
+    except ModuleNotFoundError:
+        return None
+
+    return settings_module.SDKSettings.export_schema().model_dump(mode='json')
+
+
 app = APIRouter(prefix='/api', dependencies=get_dependencies())
 
 
@@ -84,6 +96,7 @@ async def load_settings(
             search_api_key_set=settings.search_api_key is not None
             and bool(settings.search_api_key),
             provider_tokens_set=provider_tokens_set,
+            sdk_settings_schema=_get_sdk_settings_schema(),
         )
 
         # If the base url matches the default for the provider, we don't send it
diff --git a/openhands/server/settings.py b/openhands/server/settings.py
index bc799af438..40f59916a8 100644
--- a/openhands/server/settings.py
+++ b/openhands/server/settings.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 # This module belongs to the old V0 web server. The V1 application server lives under openhands/app_server/.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from typing import Any
+
 from pydantic import (
     BaseModel,
     ConfigDict,
@@ -21,44 +23,45 @@ from openhands.storage.data_models.settings import Settings
 
 
 class POSTProviderModel(BaseModel):
-    """Settings for POST requests"""
+    """Settings for POST requests."""
 
     mcp_config: MCPConfig | None = None
     provider_tokens: dict[ProviderType, ProviderToken] = {}
 
 
 class POSTCustomSecrets(BaseModel):
-    """Adding new custom secret"""
+    """Add a new custom secret."""
 
     custom_secrets: dict[str, CustomSecret] = {}
 
 
 class GETSettingsModel(Settings):
-    """Settings with additional token data for the frontend"""
+    """Settings with additional token data for the frontend."""
 
     provider_tokens_set: dict[ProviderType, str | None] | None = (
         None  # provider + base_domain key-value pair
     )
     llm_api_key_set: bool
     search_api_key_set: bool = False
+    sdk_settings_schema: dict[str, Any] | None = None
 
     model_config = ConfigDict(use_enum_values=True)
 
 
 class CustomSecretWithoutValueModel(BaseModel):
-    """Custom secret model without value"""
+    """Custom secret model without a value."""
 
     name: str
     description: str | None = None
 
 
 class CustomSecretModel(CustomSecretWithoutValueModel):
-    """Custom secret model with value"""
+    """Custom secret model with a value."""
 
     value: SecretStr
 
 
 class GETCustomSecrets(BaseModel):
-    """Custom secrets names"""
+    """Custom secret names."""
 
     custom_secrets: list[CustomSecretWithoutValueModel] | None = None
diff --git a/tests/unit/server/routes/test_settings_api.py b/tests/unit/server/routes/test_settings_api.py
index ce0922996a..6ebc426e79 100644
--- a/tests/unit/server/routes/test_settings_api.py
+++ b/tests/unit/server/routes/test_settings_api.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from openhands.storage.settings.settings_store import SettingsStore
 
 
 class MockUserAuth(UserAuth):
-    """Mock implementation of UserAuth for testing"""
+    """Mock implementation of UserAuth for testing."""
 
     def __init__(self):
         self._settings = None
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def test_client():
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_settings_api_endpoints(test_client):
-    """Test that the settings API endpoints work with the new auth system"""
+    """Test that the settings API endpoints work with the new auth system."""
     # Test data with remote_runtime_resource_factor
     settings_data = {
         'language': 'en',
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ async def test_settings_api_endpoints(test_client):
     # Test the GET settings endpoint
     response = test_client.get('/api/settings')
     assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json()['sdk_settings_schema']['model_name'] == 'SDKSettings'
 
     # Test updating with partial settings
     partial_settings = {
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ async def test_settings_api_endpoints(test_client):
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_search_api_key_preservation(test_client):
-    """Test that search_api_key is preserved when sending empty string"""
+    """Test that search_api_key is preserved when sending an empty string."""
     # 1. Set initial settings with a search API key
     initial_settings = {
         'search_api_key': 'initial-secret-key',